Let's buy... Commodore!

[Krischan]

Now make a Mini C64 like the ZX NEXT with C64, C128, Mega65, or a C64 with a layer 2 and more colors and tripple SID's etc..

There is maybe a different way to achieve that, without hardware on a special hardware, a FPGA. But you must "design" the hardware yourself. I do own this one and it simulates, not emulates the original hardware of a C64, an Amiga, Atari ST and many more machines on a single board.

An expensive but interesting piece of hardware: MIST FPGA

Edit: you've already mentioned the Mega65

[Baggey]

Now make a Mini C64 like the ZX NEXT with C64, C128, Mega65, or a C64 with a layer 2 and more colors and tripple SID's etc..

There is maybe a different way to achieve that, without hardware on a special hardware, a FPGA. But you must "design" the hardware yourself. I do own this one and it simulates, not emulates the original hardware of a C64, an Amiga, Atari ST and many more machines on a single board.

An expensive but interesting piece of hardware: MIST FPGA

Edit: you've already mentioned the Mega65

Yeah that's my ultimate go to put my code on an fpga.

You say yours are Simulaters. Mine are full blown emulators. Hardware Sound, even rastering at correct tStates. Ive yet to have ago at M68000 Amiga/Atari ST would be very interesting.

I own a Mister and i have to say the Emulators/Simulators are CRAP

Do you have any links to your projects?

[Krischan]

A simulation on a FPGA is always more sophisticated than an emulation by software. Because the logic circuits of the original chips can be reproduced 1:1 in the FPGA, which is important for timings, for example. You can't get closer to the original hardware.

I'm no expert in this nor I have done any projects - I'm only a user here - but it makes perfect sense to do it this way. Of course, software emulators are more practical, it just depends on how purist you are. I also own an Amiga 500 Mini but it's a different approach with it.

For example, I had to buy an old EIZO TFT on Ebay especially for my MIST, because only this one could handle 50Hz, just like my Amiga. It had to do with the 15.625khz Horizontal scan rate frequency that modern TFTs can't display anymore.

And I didn't want to spoil my eyes with my old 1084